Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); A creator of bound texts.

edit
Usage examples (31)
  • In fact the leading bookmakers had stopped taking bets by mid summer.
  • "A bookmaker is someone who has thirty or fifty customers," he says.
  • But the U.K. online bookmaker is asking investors to make a risky gamble on its initial public offering.
  • Bacon by "bookmaker" meant "playwright," he put a modest value on his poetical work!
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.